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Summary

  • automatically classify merged changes after successful CI on main
  • create the next annotated release tag only when a release is warranted
  • dispatch the existing release publication workflow automatically
  • document the policy for agents and contributors

Release policy

  • feat creates a minor release
  • breaking-change markers create a major release
  • release-worthy fixes and runtime changes create a patch release
  • documentation-only and non-runtime maintenance changes create no release
  • Release: major|minor|patch|none is an explicit footer override
  • the first remote Marka release is v0.1.0

Package manifest versions remain independent of the shared web and workers release.

Validation

  • mise exec -- node --test scripts/release-contract.test.mjs scripts/release-version.test.mjs
  • bash scripts/promote-release.test.sh
  • Oxfmt and Oxlint for the new release decision scripts
  • all workflow YAML parsed successfully

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  • New Features

    • Releases are created automatically after successful changes reach the main branch.
    • Release versions use Conventional Commit types, breaking changes, and optional release overrides.
    • Annotated tags are created only when warranted, with duplicate and conflict safeguards.
    • Releases can be started manually with a specified tag.
    • Validated release tags build from the intended source commit and promote eligible releases to the stable channel.
  • Documentation

    • Added guidance for release classification, versioning rules, and automated releases.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for release classification and version calculation.

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The pull request adds automatic release classification after successful main CI. It creates or validates annotated tags, dispatches the release workflow, supports manual tag dispatch, gates stable promotion, and documents the release rules.

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Automatic release flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Release decision engine
scripts/release-version.mjs, scripts/release-version.test.mjs, package.json
Classifies commits, selects the highest release level, calculates versions, evaluates tags, emits release decisions, and adds automated tests.
Automatic tag and workflow orchestration
.github/workflows/automatic-release.yml
Runs release classification after successful main CI, creates or validates annotated tags, and dispatches the release workflow.
Release workflow dispatch and promotion
.github/workflows/release.yml
Adds manual tag dispatch, separates manual and push validation, checks out the validated target, and gates stable promotion on the latest reachable annotated tag.
Release process documentation
AGENTS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, README.md, docs/adr/0009-release-channel-and-rollback.md, docs/operator-setup.md
Documents release classification rules, overrides, automatic tag creation, version behavior, and workflow order.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CI
  participant AutomaticRelease
  participant ReleaseVersion
  participant GitTags
  participant ReleaseWorkflow
  CI->>AutomaticRelease: Successful main push completion
  AutomaticRelease->>ReleaseVersion: Evaluate commit history
  ReleaseVersion-->>AutomaticRelease: Release decision and tag
  AutomaticRelease->>GitTags: Create or validate annotated tag
  AutomaticRelease->>ReleaseWorkflow: Dispatch release_tag
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the main change: automated release versioning.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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The description explains the release policy and validation steps, but it does not follow the repository template. It omits the required Description heading, issue reference, checklist, screenshots section, and LLM usage disclosure.

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In @.github/workflows/automatic-release.yml:
- Around line 16-17: Update the workflow permissions declaration to add actions:
write alongside the existing contents: write permission, ensuring the workflow
dispatch operation using github.token succeeds while preserving the current
contents permission.

In `@scripts/release-version.mjs`:
- Around line 175-179: Update the tag filtering and mapping in the git ls-remote
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including the ^{} suffix. Remove that suffix when converting refs to tag names
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🟠 Major · Protect release tags from unauthorized retargeting. · release.yml:62

.github/workflows/release.yml:62
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Reachability: External
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-284

Protect release tags from unauthorized retargeting.

For workflow_dispatch, the workflow skips the push-only tag creation and non-forced-update checks. A user who can move a v* tag can select another annotated commit reachable from origin/main, pass CI, and publish that commit to GHCR and the GitHub Release. No repository ruleset or legacy tag-protection entry is present. Configure protection that blocks creation, update, and deletion of v* tags except for the release automation identity.

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In @.github/workflows/release.yml at line 62, Configure repository-level
protection for v* release tags so creation, updates, and deletion are blocked
for all identities except the release automation identity, including operations
initiated through workflow_dispatch. Ensure the existing push-only logic around
github.event_name cannot bypass this protection.

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In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Line 62: Configure repository-level protection for v* release tags so
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workflow_dispatch. Ensure the existing push-only logic around github.event_name
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absolutepraya merged commit bb965f5 into main Sep 21, 2026
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